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Patrick Cockburn: U.S. Turns Blind Eye As Saudis Fund Jihadists in Syrian Conflict (1 of 2)
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5:43Now PlayingTo discuss the role of foreign powers fueling the ongoing conflict in Syria, we are joined by Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent. "It is clearly a proxy war. This might have started off as a popular uprising in Syria, but by now it has four or five different conflicts wrapped into one," Cockburn explains. "You have an opposition, but an opposition that is fragmented and really proxies for foreign powers, notably Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey plays a role." He recently wrote the article, "Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the SaudisEveryone knows where alQaida gets its money, but while the violence is sectarian, the West does nothing." Reporters Without Borders has just revealed at least 10 journalists and 35 citizenjournalists have been killed in Syria in 2013. In addition, another 49 journalists were abducted in Syria more than the rest of the world combined. Reporters Without Borders blamed the spike in killings and kidnappings to jihadi groups.
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